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1Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Division of Education, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. mandelb@ccf.org
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
|February 5, 2005
Abstract:
Patients often present to internists with symptoms that can represent a minor illness or a rheumatologic emergency. This paper discusses the recognition and treatment of three rheumatologic emergencies: septic arthritis, alveolar hemorrhage as a complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and scleroderma renal crisis.